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Bruce Wallace's avatar

To me the most notable aspect of Strider's game was keeping his fastball out of the center of the strike zone. If he can learn to hit spots and move the location around, 95mph could be just fine.

Cabrera was impressive: velo, movement, command, change of pace. He made Olson, Ozuna, and Albies look lost. (Albies' nick name should be 'Ozzie Pop-Up').

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Grae Cole's avatar

Yes to all of it. Strider definitely got away with a few, though. The Wiemer lineout double play to end the fifth certainly comes to mind. That ball was 95 middle-middle and it wasn't missed.

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Bruce Wallace's avatar

You're quite right - he lapsed into middle-middle a couple times with, luckily, shots right at people. Nobody's perfect and even good hitters sometimes miss center cut - but if he can limit middle-middle to once or twice a game, he might be ok.

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